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Some South Korean schools have imported a U.S. educational model to boost literacy skills and independent thinking eroded by AI and a test-focused Korean educational system.

Ukraine's leader says Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine and is ignoring an "energy ceasefire" declared by President Trump.

Desperate Iranians are finding work in Turkey to make ends meet, but many are being exploited and left with nothing but more debt.

Saudi Arabia vows a serious response to deadly attacks on the kingdom by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

A Ukrainian company that got rich making smartphone-controlled cameras to watch pets at home now outfits first-person-view drones with an image recognition system powered by artificial intelligence.

Opposition parties say revisions to the list of eligible voters favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. Authorities have removed more than 130 million names from the voter roll.

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy warns Trump's decision to ease Russian diesel sanctions could fuel Moscow's war effort as the U.S. president urges Ukraine to find new leadership.

Protesters in the Indian capital have again defied authorities to demonstrate against a controversial revision of the country's voter rolls that has seen 130 million people removed, or threatened with removal.

The deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab state since the Iran war began has heightened concerns that the United States could become directly involved in another regional conflict.

As attacks continue to mount on shipping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a seafarer's union official says some crews are being offered big rewards for making the crossing.

Madi Bolanos and Anna Sussman's new podcast We Are Jane Doe, by KQED and Snap Studios, investigates rampant sex abuse at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, Ca.

NPR's Joel Rose speaks with Ukrainian Minister of Parliament, Oleksandr Merezhko, about the U.S.'s diesel deal with Russia will impact Ukraine.

A reenactment of the Battle of Hastings, which took place almost a millennium ago, is drawing crowds of enthusiasts in the UK.

The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.

Parts of the capital city of India, the world's largest democracy, are on lockdown. Protests over sweeping revisions to the voter rolls were met with a massive police crackdown.

Moscow and Washington tout a diesel deal to ease sanctions and reopen fuel flows, but few details leave questions on price impacts and U.S. policy, sparking anger from Ukraine and allies.

It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.

The protests focus on the Election Commission's voter list revision, which the opposition claims disenfranchises millions. The government denies the allegations, saying the revision aims to eliminate duplicate entries.

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defense of human rights and international law.